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| Old Vs New ..... Transport and dac. @lou_setriodes That's brilliant...what a serendipitous series of events...It's funny how things can work out if we are open to it. I hope I'll have a similarly rewarding experience. Only one way to find out. I'm hoping to travel down next wee... | |
| Old Vs New ..... Transport and dac. @yoyoyaya Hi again Yoyo. The plan was to focus this system on CD playback, and start to collect cd's, given how cheap you can buy them.... And how expensive new record are to collect.....I was a bit reluctant to buy a "budget" turntable...My las... | |
| Old Vs New ..... Transport and dac. @lou_setriodes Hi Lou, I know this drive very well. Until recently, I lived near where the seller is. It's a beautiful part of the country ( i'm in New Zealand) . I get to drive through Tongariro national park. Which was used for filming parts ... | |
| Old Vs New ..... Transport and dac. Hi pindac… that certainly looks like mega flexible device. And could certainly be usefull in bridging components and in tweaking the sound so it works well in your environment. Interesting. thanks for the cool idea. | |
| Old Vs New ..... Transport and dac. @glennewdick , While the R2R ladder dac in the Denafripps is built using discrete resistors. The Reimyo uses the burr brown PCM1704u. It implements the same architecture but on a chip... So everything is not equal. There are pro's and con's of bot... | |
| Old Vs New ..... Transport and dac. Hi Yoyo, I think that better is subjective. It seems to me that there has been a push in modern hifi to extract and project every tiny detail out of what you are listening too. Huge Power amps gripping your voice coils in a vice like grip, Presen... | |
| Old Vs New ..... Transport and dac. Thanks Devin, that's the kind of comment I like, ( supporting my original , possibly deluded, idea that Its going to be great ) :-).... I agree that there must be many, many philips cd pro mechanisms out there. A lot of the high end manufacturers... | |
| Old Vs New ..... Transport and dac. Hi Glen.. "the Reimyo DAP-999EX Limited DAC is a R-2R ladder DAC. It was designed by Combak/Reimyo in Japan and utilizes their specific R-2R ladder design, according to StereoNET." So It seems that it is a ladder dac...Probably not such a common ... | |
| Old Vs New ..... Transport and dac. Hi Oberon. Its a dedicated transport and dac. Not a cd player. So you are right. I'll be mostly playing cd's not streaming. Not too worried about gapless playback, but I have read a number of people complaining about it. I'm also not too worried a... | |
| Old Vs New ..... Transport and dac. Hi Eric, I wouldn’t be surprised at all… however, worst case scenario is I can use the transport as a classic great looking thing, and if I don’t like the dac as much as I’d hoped I can just get a new dac. Even though it only has a spdif over coax... | |
| Old Vs New ..... Transport and dac. Hi Guys, Thanks for your kind and helpful comments.... HK, I think I will get them, As long as it all works well. We're sorting out a listening session over a couple of drinks, so I'll be able to decide if its going to do what I want. I'm sure it... | |
| Soundlab A3s and thoughts. Hi All, Dr West replied to my email personally Welcoming me to the Soundlab family and sending me the user manual. The Manual states that the cracking noise cannot damage the panel. In fact the bias procedure asks you to turn the adjuster all the ... | |
| Soundlab A3s and thoughts. My speakers are original A3s with the old transformers. So as inefficient as they can be..... still sounded great even with my limited amp........ Panels were a little crackly but I tuned this out with the bias adjuster. I’m not quite sure what th... | |
| Soundlab A3s and thoughts. Wow, go straight to the source.... i hadn’t even considered that as an option. when i’ve got them, ( i pick them up tomorrow ) and i can quote the serial numbers , I’ll do that. Thanks for the advice. | |
| Soundlab A3s and thoughts. I’ve got a line magnetic 218ia here in another system (845 output tubes) I’ll try that at very low volumes. I’m a bit of an SET guy. So these are a departure. The 518 is only about 30 Watts so I’m not expecting it to go well. Failing that there is... |